Malaysia's toppled leader Najib Razak will go on trial this week over an extraordinary financial scandal that contributed to the downfall of his long-ruling coalition and reverberated around the world.

KUALA LUMPUR: Bukit Aman is tracking down four persons of interest, including fugitive financier Low Taek Jho’s parents, in connection with the investigation into sovereign fund 1Malaysia Development Bhd.

PETALING JAYA: Fugitive financier Low Taek Jho, better known as Jho Low, has denied any wrongdoing in the wake of Malaysian authorities filing criminal charges against Goldman Sachs and several others, including him.

PUTRAJAYA: Former 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) group president and chief executive officer Arul Kanda Kandasamy has been arrested and will be charged Wednesday over the 1MDB audit report tampering case.

PETALING JAYA: There are a time and place for politics, and it is not in the schools, claims former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak in responding to Dr Maszlee Malik's latest plan for education reform to include 1MDB in the history syllabus.

A former official at the US Justice Department on Friday pleaded guilty to banking violations as part of an attempt to lobby against American authorities' pursuit of Malaysia's scandal-tarred 1MDB investment fund, the Justice Department announced.

PETALING JAYA: Malaysian humour strikes again! This time it's making Christmas a "Jho-lly" good time with Christmas gifts featuring an unlikely mascot resembling 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) fugitive Low Taek Jho or better known as Jho Low.

US officials have unveiled criminal charges against two former Goldman Sachs bankers over the scandal-plagued Malaysian sovereign wealth fund 1MDB, raising fresh questions about corporate culture at the prestigious investment bank.